Friday, June 20, 2014

Hugh Dutton Associés is a unique team of people striving to create a synthesis of poetic intent and
physical reality through their designs. With this focus, the Parisian studio recently designed the CLIMATE
RIBBON™ in Miami. The project combines precision engineering and
environmental design with an elegant sculptural form: an exciting union of art
and science.

The CLIMATE RIBBON is a topographical composition of a faceted grid of steel
framing, glass covering and architectural fabric shading blades that respond to climate performance parameters. The architectural form is an expression of the performance data. Rhino, Grasshopper and its
plug-ins have been extensively used during the design process.

In June, the studio launched DESIGN by DATA, a workshop
organized in partnership with the digital art center Gaîté Lyrique in Paris, in order to
share and explore this particular approach to performance-driven design.

About McNeel

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